Category: Celebrity
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YouTuber Shane Dawson Is Setting Up YouTube Big Brother
Openly bisexual YouTuber Shane Dawson has announced that he’s planning a YouTube version of Big Brother.
The number 1 LGBT YouTuber Shane Dawson has announced this morning that he is fulfilling a lifelong dream by putting together a YouTube version of Big Brother.
In a Tweet aimed at other YouTubers he said,
“Hey Youtubers! if any of u are fans of big brother I wanna put together a Youtuber version and play HARD! fave this tweet if ur down!”
Within an hour the tweet from the 27-year-old had been retweeted over 3200 times. Looks like he’ll need a big house.
So who might be the contenders?
So who exactly is he planning on allowing in his house? Zoella, the UK YouTuber who has nearly (a million subscribers is hotly anticipated to be involved along with Tyler Oakley, one of the most visible gay YouTubers..
We’re not exactly sure about how Shane will format the show, but however, it is planned it is sure to have more eyeballs on it than any Network TV could muster.
Shane came out to his fans as bisexual in a 15 minute video entitled I’m Bisexual. It has been seen over 5 millions times.
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Lenny Kravitz Flashes Penis After Wardrobe Malfunction
Move over Janet Jackson the award for the most exposing Wardrobe Malfunction ever goes to Lenny Kravitz.
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CLEAN BANDIT Neil Amin-Smith: Olly And I Are Romantic With Each Other
Neil Amin-Smith has talked about his relationship with Olly Alexander from Years and Years and how they surprise each other with romantic gestures like flowers, but will keep their music separate.
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Lord Sugar Slams Katie Hopkins Over Cilla Black Tweet
Is there anything in the world that Katie Hopkins won’t remark on?
The sometimes / sometimes not gay icon has ruffled feathers after she tweeted about the rush of celebrities paying homage to the late Cilla Black.
The Celebrity Big Brother star, who has a new show starting on TLC in five days, took to Twitter to say:
“If there are any celebrities who haven’t yet tweeted their sadness over Cilla, please report to Sincerity Services immediately #rushtogush”
https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/627836215744667648
She’s had quite the backlash, but one notable slam came from Lord Sugar himself, telling the former Apprentice to shut her cake hole.
Legendary TV star Cilla Black, died at the age of 72 at her Spanish home.
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Lucy Spraggan Wakes Up To Stray Dog In Her Garden
Singer Lucy Spraggan has woken this morning to find a stray dog in her garden.
In a tweet to her fans, the former X Factor singer Lucy Spraggan has asked whether anyone knows who the cute but skinny dog she found in her garden this morning belongs to.
Fans have urged the singer to take the dog to her nearest vet to get her chipped.
https://twitter.com/lspraggan/status/627401187822841856/photo/1
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Chris Colfer Shows Off Two New Books
Openly gay Glee actor Chris Colfer has revealed two new books that he’s been working on.
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The 2015 Gay Rich List
In 2013 we announced our first LGBT Rich list, the top 10 of the world’s richest gay men. This year for the first time we’ve included trans, bisexual and lesbians in the list.
THEGAYUK UK Rich List Welcome to THEGAYUK LGBT Rich List 2015. For 2015 we’ve included people from the entire LGBT spectrum. People who made the list are from the fashion, entertainment and technology industries.
The fashion industry holds 5 of the highest paid gay or bisexual men in the world, with one topping the list as the richest in the world.
The entertainments also home to a number of people, and includes one billionaire.
The average age of our rich list is 57.7 years old and most likely to be male with 15 of the 20 male.
It is worth noting that someone’s placement on the list doesn’t mean that they have liquid assets amounting to their reported worth. It may include the reported worth of royalities, stocks or other investments.
#20 (joint) Rosie O’Donnell
Industry: Entertainment
Made her money in: Entertainment
Relationship: Single
Age: 53
Nationality: US
Reported worth: $100,000,000
According to Celebrity Net Worth Rosie enjoys a $5 million annual salary, which she earns because of her TV appearances and co-hosting The View.
#20 Megan Ellison
Industry: Entertainment
Made her money from: Film producing
Relationship: Co Habiting with partner
Age: 29
Reportedly worth: $100,000,000
Film producer Megan is the daughter of billionaire Larry Ellison and youngest millionaire on our list. She has gone on to produce critically acclaimed films such as American Hustle, and Zero Dark Thirty
#20 Anderson Cooper
Industry: Entertainment/News
Made his money: Entertainment, inheritance
Relationship: Co-habiting
Age: 48
Nationality: US
Reported Worth: $100,000,000
With an estimated yearly salary of $11m the newly self-outed Cooper is also the son heiress of Gloria Vanderbilt. He has been dating his partner since 2009. He currently hosts Anderson Live. He is joint 18-20th with Rosie O’Donell and Megan Ellison.
#17 George Michael
Industry: Entertainment
Made his music from: Songwriter, singer
Relationship status: Single
Age: 52
Nationality: UK
Reported worth: $175,000,000
According to celebritynetworth.com Mr Michaels, former Wham Man turned super solo star of the 80s and 90s is reportedly worth $175m. He’s sold 100 million records since Wham’s debut single Young Guns (Go For It!)which went to number 3.
George had been in a long term relationship with Kenny Goss, but the couple announced their split in 2011.
#16 Lady Gaga
CREDIT: ©-s_bukley-Depositphotos Industry: Entertainment
How she made her money: Songwriter, singer
Relationship status: Married (?)
Age: 29
Nationality: US
Reported wealth: $230,000,000
The singer and songwriter is reportedly worth $230 from her music royalties and touring. She claimed to be bisexual in an interview with Barbara Walters in 2009. She is in a relationship with Taylor Kinney.
#15 Ellen DeGeneres
Industry: Entertainment
Made her money through: Rights ownership, Television,
Relationship status: Married
Age: 57
Nationality: US
Reported wealth: $330,000,000
The comedian stars in her very own popular chat show and owns her very own version of YouTube, called Ellen Tube. She married Arrested Development‘s Portia De Rossi in 2008.
#14 Elton John
Industry: Entertainment
Made his money from: Songwriter, singer
Relationship status: Married
Age: 68
Nationality: UK
Reported wealth: $370,000,000
The Tiara and Tantrums legendary Rock Star Sir Elton John is pretty much the godfather of the gay world. Is well known for his charity work and for his Elton John Aids Foundation.
#13 Tim Gill
Industry: Technology
Made his money through: Quark
Relationship status: Married
Age: 61
Nationality: US
Reported wealth: $400,000,000
Tim was the founder of Quark, which he started with a $2000 loan from his parents. In 2009 He married his banker partner Scott Miller in Massachusetts. They now live in Denver.
#12 Jann Wenner
Industry: Publishing
Made his money from: Magazine Publisher
Relationship status: Co Habiting with partner
Age: 69
Nationality: US
Reported worth: $700,000,000
In 1967 Wenner started Rolling Stone magazine, today Wenner Media titles include Men’s Journal and US Weekly. He now lives with his model / designer partner Matt Nye raising son Noah and twins Jude and India Rose.
#11 Calvin Klein
CREDIT: bigstock-miromiro Industry: Fashion
Made is money from: Designer
Relationship status: Single
Age: 72
Nationality: US
Reported wealth: $700,000,000
The New York native is famous for his underwear and jeans.
#10 Tim Cook
Industry: Technology
Made his money from: Apple
Relationship status: Single
Age: 54
Nationality: US
Reported wealth: $785,000,000
After becoming the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook’s personal wealth skyrocketed. He came out officially in 2014.
#9 Chris Hughes
Industry: Technology
How he made his money: Facebook
Relationship status: Married
Age: 31
Reported wealth: $850,000,000 (2013)
Nationality: US
All the way back in 2003 Chris teamed up with fellow Harvard undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg and the rest as they say is history. He lives with his husband Sean Eldridge. TheRichList.org reports that Chris is worth $850m. However he is reported to have 22 million shares in Facebook, which today are worth $87.95 per share putting his worth at: $1.9 billion
#8 Michael Kors
Industry: Fashion
What made him is money: Designer, Retail
Relationship Status: Married
Age: 55
Nationality: US
Reported worth: $1 billion
The fashion king started his career when he was just 19, three years later he launched a womenswear line at Bloomingdales, Saks and Neiman Collins just to name a few.
#7 Domenico Dolce
CREDIT: maxoidos/Bigstock Industry: Fashion
How he made his money: Designer
Relationship Status: Single
Age: 56
Nationality: Italian
Reported wealth: $1,550,000,000
Forbes puts Domenico Dolce’s worth at $1.55 billion along with his business partner Stefano Gabanna. The pair come joint fifth on THEGAYUK Rich List 2015. The pair have caused some controversy over the years with their out spoken comments on gay parenting.
# 7 Stefano Gabbana
CREDIT: maxoidos / BigStock Industry: Fashion
How he made his money: Designer
Relationship status: Single
Age: 52
Nationality: Italian
Reported worth: $1.55 Billion
Forbes puts Stefano Gabbana’s worth at $1.5 billion along with his business partner Domenico Dolce. The self made billionaire made headlines earlier this year when they upset Elton John (also on this list) and thousands of same-sex couples and couples who have children through IVF when he said, “the only family is the traditional one” and that children born through in vitro fertilization were “synthetic”. “The family is not a fad,” Gabbana explained ,”No chemical off springs and rented uterus: life has a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed.
#5 Jennifer Pritzker
Industry: Hospitality
How she made her money: Investments
Relationship Status: Single
Age: 63
Nationality: US
Reported worth: $1,78 Billion
The world’s only transgender billionaire. In August2013 she announced to the world that she was a woman. She is one of 11 billionaires in the Pritzker Family.
#4 Jon Stryker
Industry: Medicak
What made him his money: Family business
Relationship Status: unknown
Age:
Nationality: US
Reported worth: $1.8
#3 Peter Thiel
Industry: Technology
What made him his money: Paypal, Facebook, Investing
Relationship Status: Single
Age: 46
Nationality: US/German
Reported worth: $2,2b (Forbes)
German born Peter Thiel made the bulk of his huge wealth through two well-chosen angel investments namely PayPal of which he was a co-founder and Facebook. He is also a key investor in AIRBNB and online payment company Stripe.
#2 Peter Geffen
Industry: Entertainment
Made his money from: Music and Film producttion
Relationship Status: Single
Age: 72
Nationality: US
Reported worth: $6.9Bn
David created Asylum Records in 1970, Geffen Records in 1980 and DGC Records in 1990. He is also one of the three founders of DreamWorks SKG. Out Magazine ranked Geffen in its list of “Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America.” Forbes puts Geffen’s worth at $6.9 Billion, putting him in second place on TheGayUK’s Rich List 2015.
#1 Giorgio Arman
Industry: Fashion
How He Made His Money: Designer / Armani Brand
Relationship Status: Single
Age: 80
Nationality: Italian
Reported worth: $780,000,000,000 ($7.8bn)
At a reported worth of $7.8 billion, Mr Armani is one of the richest men in the world. His wealth has come from building his Armani brand, one of the world’s most recognisable luxury fashion brands. He is one of three Italian nationals on this year’s GAYUK Rich List.
In an interview with Vanity Fair in 2004, Giorgio Armani talked about his love for men and women. Forbes puts his worth at $7.8billion
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Biggest Irish Gay Wedding Happening Today, Brian Dowling Gets Hitched
Brian Dowling and his partner Arthur are due to get married today.
Ding dong, that’s the sound of wedding bells as TV Presenter and Big Brother winner Brian Dowling and his partner Arthur Gourounlian are getting hitched today and Brian’s started it with a healthy jog.
In an Instagram post yesterday the former Big Brother host, said; Sssshhhh! I’m getting married in the morning.??#wedding #fun #groom #bridesmaids #love #family
The wedding comes just months after Ireland voted in a referendum to legalise same-sex marriage
Brian rose to fame in the UK after winning the second series of Big Brother. He then became the first openly gay children’s TV presenter and went on to host Big Brother when it moved to Channel 5
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Poster Dads for gay parents have split
Two fathers who became the poster men for gay parents have reportedly split.
Two fathers, Kordale and Kaleb who became famous when a picture of them doing their daughters’ hair on Instagram went viral and were subsequently booked by Nikon for an advertising campaign have split, with one of the fathers, Caleb, announcing the split on Instagram. The posts have since been removed.
In the post he wrote:
“You should never have to question your worth or [compromise] your morals when you’re with your soulmate; it doesn’t work out that way … I am happy to be “Caleb” again.
“I still love him,
“But I love myself more.”
Nikon, who engaged the couple in an advertising campaign earlier in the year, released a statement to Page Six which said they were aware of the news and wished Kordale, Caleb and their entire family well.
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TOM DALEY: Coming Out Meant I Could Compete And Train As Normal
In an interview with CNN diver Tom Daley, who came out at the end of 2013 via YouTube has spoken candidly about his coming out as gay on social media.
This week, CNN’s ‘Human To Hero’ shines a spotlight on Tom Daley, the diver who hit the international spotlight in 2008 as Great Britain’s youngest competitor at the Olympic Games. Talking to CNN about coming out via YouTube, Tom reveals the fear he feels when walking towards the diving board, and his ambitions for Rio in 2016.
Daley, who revealed that he is gay by posting a video on his YouTube channel in 2013, says that the revelation was a release:
“If anything it was a bonus because it took a lot of weight off my shoulders and I was able to compete and train as normal.”
Daley has more than 2.5m followers on twitter, and says of social media,
“I have grown up doing it, so it’s natural to me to engage with people on social networks … I don’t think about it, I just do it.”